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Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
TRUMP CONVICTED Donald J. Trump is a man who entered every political contest claiming it to be “rigged” long before any votes were cast. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Brett Kilmer (left) and Casey Laughlin with Chums on the Water Guide Service show off a couple of hybrid stripers landed with Luke last week at Lake Tawakoni. Photo by Luke Clayton
Fishing with ‘Chums’ on the water
Lake Tawakoni and I go back a long, long way. I remember my first time to fish the lake back in the mid sixties. We fished from the bank around Rabbit Cove and landed all the crappie the law allowed. When I first began my career as an outdoors writer in the mid eighties, fishing at Tawakoni was a frequent topic of my columns. I’ve fished with and written about many guides through the years, a couple of the ‘originals’ are still guiding there. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Arne Henderson, a dedicated member of the Fairfield VFW Post 5872, delivered a powerful Memorial Day message to a packed room at Teague Sr. Center on May 24. Courtesy Photo
Memorial Day
Memorial Day 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
From left, Council Alderman Place 1 James Tyus, Mayor Kenny Hughes and Council Alderman Place 2 Arland Thill take their oaths to serve the City of Fairfield last month. Courtesy Photo
City Council
City Council 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Gabriella Diaz and Madison Newhouse will compete for the title of 2024 Miss Freestone County on Tuesday evening, June 11, at the Miss Freestone County Pageant at Fairfield High School at 7 p.m. Diaz will be a senior at Teague High School this fall and Newhouse graduated from Wortham High S...
Freeco girls prepare for Miss Freestone Pageant
A total of 81 girls registered to compete in the 2024 Miss Freestone County Pageant. The Children’s Pageant will be held Saturday, June 8, starting at 9 am. The Miss Freestone County Pageant will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at 7 p.m. Both will be at the Fairfield High School Auditorium and admission is $5, both days. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Longtime Freestone County Historical Museum board member Nancy Rula (left) retired from the board two weeks ago. Photo by Jason Chlapek/ Fairfield Recorder
Longtime museum board member retires
A longtime board member of the Freestone County Historical Museum celebrated her retirement two weeks ago. Nancy Rula served on the board since 2011 and as secretary since 2015. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
FFBC to host monthly men’s breakfast
FFBC to host monthly men’s breakfast
The monthly men’s breakfast is planned this coming Saturday morning at Faith Fellowship Baptist Church in Fairfield. The men of FFBC will be preparing a full breakfast menu and encouraging all men from Fairfield and the surrounding area to attend. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Obie Crook, pictured with his market swine Lefty, is ready for the 2024 Freestone County Fair which starts next week at the W.L. Moody Reunion Fairgrounds in Fairfield. Photo by Mitchell Pate/ Fairfield Recorder
Crook ready for freestone County Fair
The 2024 Freestone County Fair is next week, June 10-15, at the W.L. Moody Reunion Fairgrounds in Fairfield. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
Fairfield alumnus Aaryn Scires graduated from the Air Force Academy last week, and is now a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. Scires is stationed at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Courtesy Photo
Scires graduates from Air Force
Aaryn Scires, a 2019 Fairfield High School graduate, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Thursday, May 30. Scires is the daughter of proud parents Christopher and Shetonia Scires and the granddaughter of Tony and Sherry Brackens and Stephanie Scires. 06/05/2024 07:21 AM
TISD school board members take oath of office
TISD school board members take oath of office
Three Teague ISD school board members took their oath of office during the Tuesday, May 21, TISD school board meeting. Debra Lawrence and Brian Bowers were not present for the meeting. 05/30/2024 04:00 AM
Technology is the way
Technology is the way
OBSERVANCES 05/30/2024 04:00 AM
Additional disaster assistance approved
Additional disaster assistance approved
Seven Texas counties have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants for emergency work and replacement of disaster-damaged public infrastructure, after severe weather and flooding struck much of Deep East Texas, Gov. Gregg Abbott’s office reported. Counties eligible for FEMA’s Public Assistance program include Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker. 05/30/2024 04:00 AM
Commish extends disaster declaration
Commish extends disaster declaration
Freestone County Commissioners voted to extend the Declaration of Local State of Disaster initiated by Judge Grant regarding the series of storms that began on April 26 and have continued for several weeks. 05/30/2024 04:00 AM
THS Class of 2024 graduates
THS Class of 2024 graduates
A total of 90 students walked the stage on Friday afternoon during the Teague High School Commencement Exercises at Lion Stadium. The ceremony was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., but moved up to 4 p.m. because of the weather. 05/30/2024 04:00 AM
Early and Later Rains
Early and Later Rains
“Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day, little Johnny wants to play.” Do you remember your grandparents or your parents teaching you that little nursery rhyme when you were growing up? Maybe for you, instead of “little Johnny” it was “little Mary who wants to play.” But you were taught that rhyme on the days it was raining outside and you were bored playing inside and wanted to go outside to play, however your parents wouldn’t let you venture out in the rain, especially if it was stormy. And speaking of rain, it seems like we’ve been getting more than our fair-share here lately in this part of Texas, doesn’t it? And I don’t mean for just a few days or just a few weeks, but we’ve had quite a lot of rain for the past two months! I can’t remember getting this much rain, weekly, like we’ve been getting it. 05/29/2024 12:09 PM
Emergency Management Coordinator Leonard Smith speaks to County Commissioners at their May 20 meeting about how they plan to distribute the 23 hand-held radios the court voted to purchase. Photo by Roxanne Thompson/Fairfield Recorder
Commissioners approve tree cutting and removal bid
Freestone County Commissioners accepted a bid on tree cutting and removal from four bids received. The commissioners took this step at their May 8 meeting, when they also authorized the county treasurer to request capital credits. 05/29/2024 12:09 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
In “Politics – The Theater of the Absurd,” May 23, letter writer El Sellers opens with “Once upon a time, baseball was the American national pastime. Not now. 05/29/2024 12:09 PM
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